[goodcanadian]

Polish is fine, but Polish should be capitalized. ;-)

I am wondering about your accent, though, because, to me, "bow" is pronounced the same in both of those examples. Robin hood shooting an arrow from his bow, however, has a different pronunciation which is the same as the bow tied on my present.

[bjoli]

He/she might mean the bow of a ship? If I am not completely wrong about my English pronunciation, that is.

[goodcanadian]

Yes, the bow of a ship is pronounced the same as taking a bow. At least, it is in my accent.

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/bow agrees indicating IPA baʊ for both.

[bjoli]

I should read the parent comment before replying.

I just assumed they meant bow as in bow and arrow. The other example I did not know. "Read before you think before you write".